If you were going to a potluck dinner, what would you make?

Salads (creamy potato salad, garden salad, pasta salad), bread baguettes and deli meats or sandwich loaf with cream cheese icing cut into thin slices. Bring pickles, beets, cocktail onions and condiments.

Desserts galore, milles feuilles pastries, profiteroles, brownies, banana bread, gingerbread cake or a triple no bake chocolate cheesecake.

If others are already bringing those, go for providing the drinks, tea, coffee, milk (the latter for the one Young's, add chocolate milk too) and spirits, wine.

Sorry, I've created and participated in so many. We always received a list of suggestions and we discussed who was bringing what. Seasons play an important role in the general theme of said potluck.

Although, if you had a way to keep your pot of chili warm, I'd definitely bring twice-baked potatoes and grated cheese šŸ˜‰ for a simple feast...
 
feywon said:
I haven't been to one in decades, even the last office party one was over 12 years ago. But two regular ones i made were 1) a fruit salad with jellied cranberry sauce, berries (whatever looking good fresh at the time) and shredded coconut and 2) potato salad with bacon bits and shredded smoky cheddar cheese. If asked to bring a desert my go to was a friend's son dubbed a "Reese's Cake", made a chocolate cake in what amounts to a giant tart base shape (they called them Tiara pans i think), filled the depression with a peanut butter filling (similar texture to PB frosting) then enrobed it in chocolate fudge frosting.

If it was a good sized and diverse group i didn't worry about dietary issues there's usually enough variety and nobody is required to eat some of everything.
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Wow, the Reese's Cake sounds heavenly.
 

For something different, this used to go fast at our office parties:

Slice up Granny Smiths (or any tart apple). Soak overnight in orange juice. Whip together a jar of marshmallow fluff and a block of soft cream cheese.

At the last minute, drain the apples, dump onto a platter, sprinkle some of the OJ on top. Put the cream cheese marshmallow mixture in a bowl and put in the middle of the platter. Provide cocktail picks or a spoon to dip out the dip.
 
jujube said:
For something different, this used to go fast at our office parties:

Slice up Granny Smiths (or any tart apple). Soak overnight in orange juice. Whip together a jar of marshmallow fluff and a block of soft cream cheese.

At the last minute, drain the apples, dump onto a platter, sprinkle some of the OJ on top. Put the cream cheese marshmallow mixture in a bowl and put in the middle of the platter. Provide cocktail picks or a spoon to dip out the dip.
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Never heard of that, but I can certainly see why it would be a winner. Yummm.
 
Supernatural said:
Salads (creamy potato salad, garden salad, pasta salad), bread baguettes and deli meats or sandwich loaf with cream cheese icing cut into thin slices. Bring pickles, beets, cocktail onions and condiments.

Desserts galore, milles feuilles pastries, profiteroles, brownies, banana bread, gingerbread cake or a triple no bake chocolate cheesecake.

If others are already bringing those, go for providing the drinks, tea, coffee, milk (the latter for the one Young's, add chocolate milk too) and spirits, wine.

Sorry, I've created and participated in so many. We always received a list of suggestions and we discussed who was bringing what. Seasons play an important role in the general theme of said potluck.

Although, if you had a way to keep your pot of chili warm, I'd definitely bring twice-baked potatoes and grated cheese šŸ˜‰ for a simple feast...
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I can tell you're a seasoned pro. Thank you for all the suggestions. I guess if the potato salad didn't turn out ok, I would have lots of other options.
 
If it's going to be warm, something that can sit & won't spoil. Vinaigrette-based pasta or potato salad. If it's something that needs to be kept cold, I"ll sit my salad bowl inside a larger bowl that I filled the bottom & then the sides in ice to keep it cold.

The last potluck I went to had more desserts & very few sides. The first time I'd seen that.
 
Lilac said:
If it's going to be warm, something that can sit & won't spoil. Vinaigrette-based pasta or potato salad. If it's something that needs to be kept cold, I"ll sit my salad bowl inside a larger bowl that I filled the bottom & then the sides in ice to keep it cold.

The last potluck I went to had more desserts & very few sides. The first time I'd seen that.
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Looks like a high of 73 deg for the day, so I think it will be ok, but that's a great tip on nesting the bowls. I may use that in the future. Thanks.
 
bobcat said:
There's a community one in a couple days, and I could use a suggestion.
I was thinking perhaps a pot of chili, but no way to keep it warm, since I got rid of my slow cooker.
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If you decide on the chili, you might consider adding cornbread croutons. I made some Pumpkin Chili today and toasted 1-inch cornbread cubes (the cornbread was from the supermarket's bakery) for 10 minutes in a 400-degree oven. Yum!
 
dilettante said:
Sausage roll? Is that the same thing as a Pig in a Blanket? :ROFLMAO:
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in the uk a sausage roll which is almost a staple of every household... is this...sausage meat (not a sausage link).. wrapped in puff pastry

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these are pigs in blankets.. tiny sausages wrapped in Bacon..

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